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randomnumbers.geometric - Function

	Package	utility
	Module	mathematics
	Tool	randomnumbers

Generate geometrically distributed random numbers

Synopsis
geometric(probability, shape)

Description
The geometric function will generate numbers that follow a geometric distribution. See the general tool description for a mathematical definition of the point probabilities.

The probability must be a number between zero and one. The result will be integers in the range 0 $\leq$ x $\leq$ N. The shape can be either an integer or a vector of integers where all the values are greater than zero. The default value of one will produce a scalar output.

Arguments

probability	in	probability
		Allowed:	double
		Default:	0.5
shape	in	Shape of the output array
		Allowed:	integer or a vector of integers
		Default:	1

Returns
An integer scalar or array.

Example

      include 'randomnumbers.g'
      rand := randomnumbers();
      print rand.geometric();
      rand.done()

This example will a random numbers from the geometric distribution that has a probability of 0.5.